New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The central government has decided to restore rice procurement operations in the central pool in the state of Telangana, Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution told reporters.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 17 (ANI): Pakistan's Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said that ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's era was the darkest period for the media and that the PTI chairman has left no stone unturned to make the country another Sri Lanka.
Paris [France], July 16 (ANI): Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has cautioned Pakistan's army high command against further harassment of the media, which it says would seriously undermine Pakistani democracy.
Moscow [Russia], July 12 (ANI): Russia has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in a young man who recently returned from Europe, the country's consumer rights watchdog told reporters on Tuesday.
Geneva [Switzerland], June 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations on Wednesday granted Turkey's request to change its name from Turkey to Turkiye, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told reporters.
Tokyo [Japan], May 24 (ANI): Japan is not currently going to join the AUKUS security alliance -- Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States -- but will develop partnerships with its member countries, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday.
Washington [US], May 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States-European Union Trade and Technology Council (US-EU TTC) will deepen information sharing on exports of critical technology among other things during this week's ministerial in Paris, a senior US administration official told reporters.
Washington [US], May 16 (ANI/Sputnik):The United States and the European Union will establish a policy dialogue within the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) to develop responses to potential global food challenges amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, a senior US administration official tol
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 13 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned an Afghan journalist's trial by a military court last weekend, as well as recent arbitrary and illegal arrests of other journalists in Afghanistan.
Washington [US], May 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States will commit an additional $200 million to the World Bank's fund to prevent pandemics during the virtual global covid summit that will take place Thursday morning, a senior US administration official told reporters.
Hong Kong, May 5 (ANI): Amid a slew of draconian laws introduced by the Chinese in Hong Kong, an annual report on press freedoms across the globe published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) indicates that Hong Kong, once a bastion for free press, has plummeted in the rankings.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): Pakistan has dropped further on the list of countries in terms of protection of journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).